(re-sending, apparently mailman didn't like my previous emails) Looks like it was this: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/213314 This appears to be an accident. During a migration of configuration code to a new system, a 'basic' 'GrantPermissions' line was put into the new file under 'GroupPermissions' instead.
On 29 July 2016 at 02:48, Brian M <[email protected]> wrote: > Possibly related to https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/293806 ? > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 9:33 PM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Brian M wrote: > > >Some people asking around about a new group that appears to have been > > >globally rolled out to WMF wiki's; default name "basic" with only > > >permission "torunblocked" - can anyone point me to this change? > > > > Possibly related from early 2016: <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/259062 > >. > > Specifically: > > < > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/259062/9/includes/DefaultSettings.php > > >. > > > > Cross-referencing the on-wiki discussion: > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=732017821#footer>. > > > > Then new questions arise. What suddenly(?) changed to expose this user > > group? And why isn't the "highvolume" user group similarly exposed? > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
